The Jolly Coppersmith

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A shellac 78-rpm record manufactured by Columbia Phonograph Company. The label, in the center, in silver type reads: Columbia Disc Record / Condition of Sale / This record is sold upon the express condition that it shall not be copied or duplicated and that the full right of property or possession reverts to the Columbia Phonograph Co. upon violation of this condition. / Columbia Phonograph Co. / New York / London / Grand Prize / Paris, 1900 / The Jolly Coppersmith / Descriptive / Columbia Band / No. 628 / Patented May 4, 1886, and December 10, 1901. A piece of the record above the top of the label is missing.

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